NEWS – December 21, 2010
“Pipes of Christmas” Concert Highlights to Air on Cable Television
Screenings Scheduled for Christmas Weekend
Highlights of the 12th Annual Pipes of Christmas will be aired on HomeTowne Television throughout central New Jersey this Christmas. The program will be aired over the Christmas weekend, December 24 – 26. The videotaping took place at the December 18 evening concert at Central Presbyterian Church in Summit, NJ.
Air times are as follows:
Friday, December 24 at noon and 5:30 PM
Saturday, December 25 at noon and 8:00 PM
Sunday, December 26 at noon and 8:00 PM
Cable TV to air Pipes of Christmas Highlights
The broadcast will reach 11 New Jersey towns representing over 100 thousand households via the Comcast and Verizon cable television platforms. For a complete program guide visit .
Manhattan concert highlights were also included in this week’s airing of “Dan Rather Reports” on the HDnet cable channel. The Pipes of Christmas features performances by many leading Scottish and Irish performers, including popular country dance trio Local Hero, Celtic harpist Jennifer Port, and the Kevin Ray Blandford Memorial Pipe Band. Other members of the company include guitarist Steve Gibb, Evan Cattanach and the Solid Brass ensemble.
A highlight of the 2010 concert was the emotional tribute to the late Private Bill Millin, the D-Day bagpiper whose piping inspired the Allied Forces on Sword Beach during the Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944. Pipe Major Scott Larson of the Blandford Band performed a haunting lament in memory of the famed piper.
Lead sponsors of the 2010 production were Oban Single Malt Scotch Whisky and the Grand Summit Hotel. Additional support was provided by Mohonk Mountain House, Rodney Strong Winery, and Westy Self Storage Centers. For a complete list of Sponsors and Partners, visit www.pipesofchristmas.com.
Concert proceeds fund music scholarships in the US, Scotland and Canada.
Steve Gibb, Paul Woodiel and Christopher Layer perform
An Award-Winning Collaboration
HomeTowne Television first began broadcasting concert highlights in 2000. Since that time, the program has been the recipient of five prestigious Telly Awards and a Videographer Award for video production excellence. The 2003 concert was televised live as a fund raiser for the community access station.
HomeTowne Television broadcasts via Comcast channel 36 to Summit, Millburn/Short Hills, Berkeley Heights, Springfield, and New Providence; and via Verizon channel 33 to the same five towns plus parts of Chatham, Cranford, Florham Park, Kenilworth, Maplewood, West Orange and Union.